2019 Annual Report

“ATBancorp and MidWest One both make customers the highest priority in everything they do. They value human capital and professional development and recognize extraordinary service.” — (far left) NJ Schrup, founder of american trust and savings bank. (left) CHARLES J. SCHRUP III, GREAT-GRANDSON OF NJ, former vice chairman of atbancorp, former co-chairman of the american trust and savings bank board, and member of the MidWest One Board of Directors.

Four into one: Better together M idWest One President and CEO Charlie Funk began his 2019 Rally Day speech with a history lesson. In quick succession, he lauded the four the advantages far outweigh any initial difficulties. We’re seeing the benefits now of having a larger footprint and being in diverse markets, including Denver and Florida. These days, when size and scale matter more, MidWest One is in a very solid position.” Charles J. “Chuck” Schrup III is the great-

strong community banks — and their founders — that came together to form the single entity we recognize today as MidWest One . With the completion of the ATBancorp acquisition last year, several MidWest One board members shared their thoughts on the bank’s evolution. Richard R. “Dick” Donohue joined the board of “the old MidWest One ” in Oskaloosa, Iowa, in 1999. He founded what grew to be a large and successful CPA firm there in the late 1970s, and partnered with the bank on numerous community projects. He was on hand when ISB Financial (the “old” Iowa State Bank & Trust of Iowa City) merged with MidWest One in 2008. Over the years, Donohue has been impressed by gains in MidWest One’ s size, markets, talent, and opportunity. “Our senior management has done an exceptional job of managing each integration process,” he says. “Through it all, our focus has stayed on being a partner to our customers in their path to success.” Larry D. Albert served for 19 years as CEO of Central Bank until the MidWest One merger in 2014. “I was just getting ready to retire when the deal came about,” he says, “so the timing worked out very well.” Following the 2008 financial crisis, Central purchased several smaller banks, and Albert was accustomed to the challenges of integrating processes, people, and cultures. “You’ll encounter bumps along the road any time you do an acquisition,” Albert says, “but over time,

grandson of American Trust founder NJ Schrup, and was Vice Chairman of ATBancorp and Co-Chairman of the Board for American Trust and Savings Bank of Dubuque when it was acquired by MidWest One Financial Group in 2019. He cites the entities’ many complementary skills and strengths, and sees their commonalities as central to the merger’s success. “The ATBancorp and MidWest One values and cultures are a good fit for each other because both are committed community banks with similar ideals,” Schrup says. “Both make customers the highest priority in everything they do. They value human capital and professional development and recognize extraordinary service.” Kevin W. Monson , principal at Neumann Monson Architects of Iowa City, is in his 10th year as chair of the MidWest One Board of Directors, and has witnessed the steady progress from community bank to regional powerhouse. “Change and diversity can be scary because it’s the unknown,” Monson says, “but it really has helped increase our value. “With every merger, I am amazed at the quality people and the expertise we acquire. And it also allows our people to expand their worth to the company by growing into new roles that they may not have known were in the mix. When these mergers happen, there are good opportunities for everyone.”

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